hexies, ready for quilting

Nicole, who helped me tremendously with beiges and pinks , is holding the finished top.

I worked more than 3 years , the center was lost for several month, i started a new one, found the fist center again and went on with the first when i found it back.

The red background was bought at Joann's in Houston with a huge discount, so i bought ten yards.

Roughly a yard and a half are left over, as i appliquéd a border from the same fabric.

The paper hexagons mesure half an inch, and were baught from PAPERPIECES.com in bulk, that means 1700 pieces if i remember well...

So accurate those pieces that i consider too boring to make them myself.

I used them again and again, and hardly a few were thrown away.

The border from the original antique quilt was quite different as you see on the pic, but i don't like the sharp points, so opted for the more discrete small red border.

I've ordered a dark brown backing with oak leaves, and i'm waiting anxiously to start the quilting.

There will be no batting, i want the quilt to stay flat.

Only the red fabric will be quilted .

What more can i say?

These three years brought joy and scary moments and i recognise them in the flowers.

Last but not least, i thank Annemarie, Nicole and Joelle for their help by giving me small pieces of fabric, which helped greatly to get an endless variety.

I had all sorts of encouragement from many people,also non quilters.

I count my blessings for knowing them.

A bit of street art,modern poetry i saw this morning passage des Abbesses.

Will try to show you more of the kind. Have all a happy weekend, and thank you for passing by .

Will V in Paris

On the last pic you see how the border is fixed, time consuming but easy peasy, the paperpieces were pulled out in the very last moment.